Animal Cruelty

New York counties are beginning to create and post online animal abuser registries. NYSHA is providing links to those counties that currently maintain an online registry of persons convicted of animal abuse in their county. NYSHA will add links to other counties as they pass laws to set up registries and post them online.

Counties specify that anyone selling, giving away or adopting an animal to another person must check the counties’ Animal Abuse Registry prior to any change in ownership. Giving, selling or adopting an animal to a person on the Animal Abuse Registry is a violation of county law.

We are very pleased and heartened at how seriously this crime against an animal was taken by the Court. Throughout, the Judge showed great respect for Clara, as a beloved member of a family, and looked for the truth and delivered justice.

David Moors, center, was sentenced Thursday, 1/15/15, by Ulster County Court Judge Donald Williams to 6 months in Ulster County Jail and 5 years probation on the felony conviction of aggravated cruelty to animals.

Moors, with deliberation, fatally shot Clara, 2 ½ year old terrier mix dog belonging to the Palinkas family in Pine Bush, NY, with an arrow on October 27, 2013.